Paul's Boutique
Album by The Beastie Boys
Released	July 25, 1989
Recorded	? - ?
Genre	Old school rap
Length	53 min 3 s
Label	Capitol
Producer	Mario Caldato, Jr.
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	5 stars out of 5	link
Rolling Stone	4 stars out of 5	link
The Beastie Boys chronology
Licensed to Ill (1986)	Paul's Boutique (1989)	Check Your Head (1992)

Paul's Boutique is an album by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989 (see 1989 in music). Though the Beastie Boys' first album, Licensed to Ill, had been enormously popular and received generally positive reviews among both mainstream and hip hop critics, Paul's Boutique quickly became known as their artistic breakthrough. Highly varied lyrically and sonically, the album did not sell as well as Licensed to Ill, but managed to secure The Beastie Boys' place as critical favorites in the still-dormant field of popular hip hop.

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Paul's Boutique the 74th greatest album of all time.

Tracks

1. "To All the Girls"
2. "Shake Your Rump"
3. "Johnny Ryall"
4. "Egg Man"
5. "High Plains Drifter"
6. "The Sounds of Science"
7. "3-Minute Rule"
8. "Hey Ladies"
9. "5-Piece Chicken Dinner"
10. "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun"
11. "Car Thief"
12. "What Comes Around"
13. "Shadrach"
14. "Ask for Janice"
15. "B-Boy Bouillabaisse"

Personnel

• Beastie Boys - Producer
• Allen Abrahamson - Assistant Engineer
• Mario Caldato, Jr. - Producer, Engineer
• Mike Simpson - Ensemble
• The Dust Brothers - Producer
• Matt Dike - Ensemble
• Ricky Powel - Photography
• Jeremy Shatan - Photography
• Nathaniel Hörnblower - Photography
• Dominick Watkins - Photography
• Madlib - Remix Arrangement, Additional Production

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

1989   Paul's Boutique   The Billboard 200	                   No. 14
1989   Paul's Boutique   Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums                      No. 24

Billboard (North America) - singles

1989   Hey Ladies   The Billboard Hot 100	                           No. 36
1989   Hey Ladies   Hot Rap Singles	                              No. 10
1989   Hey Ladies   Modern Rock Tracks	                              No. 18

External links

• Paul's Boutique Samples and Reference List
• Annotated lyrics to Paul's Boutique
• A Postmodern Analysis of Beastie Boys' "Shadrach"
• The Paul's Boutique Corner